Greetings

Just a quickie to say hello. I've been a voracious reader of the TTW boards for about 18 months, but this is my first post.

Have been a fan of tennis for about six years now, but the last 18 months is when I've really started intensely following the ATP tour week to week. I think this transition was enabled, in large part, by access to the history, insight and range of opinions shared by the TTW community at large. So my first act as a poster ought to be one of gratitude and acknowledgement to everyone.

I've come to know and respect a number of you in the last year and a half. This is the internet guys, and you all knew that when you started posting. So it should only sound moderately creepy if I say in some cases I even think of you as friends: Batz, McEnroeisanartist, Mustard, Towser come to mind, in no particular order.

Anyway I live in the UK, am studying for a PhD in Economics. My allegiance is to the guy with the elegant strokes. (As a greater man than I once said in a greater thread than I will ever create.) My first sporting passion in life was test cricket, but at various times I have also closely followed baseball and American football.

On that note, and this may or may not be a popular opinion, but I really enjoy a lot of the posts by the super Nadal fans NSK, 636160, Rafa2005RG, NadalWon2012, Bullz1lla etc.

I may not always agree with their conclusions, or share their allegiances; but variety in view points engenders a more complete discussion in any community. They certainly tend to provide a unique perspective and food for thought.

I can safely say I have learned a lot from reading their discussions with other folks. I certainly know more about Nadal than I would otherwise, being a Fed fan.

Hello to you too! As I told Jokinla it may only be a matter of time before my shy and tentative online personality mean reverts and comes to reflect my perfectly ordinary and impolite real world persona.

Just a quickie to say hello. I've been a voracious reader of the TTW boards for about 18 months, but this is my first post.

Have been a fan of tennis for about six years now, but the last 18 months is when I've really started intensely following the ATP tour week to week. I think this transition was enabled, in large part, by access to the history, insight and range of opinions shared by the TTW community at large. So my first act as a poster ought to be one of gratitude and acknowledgement to everyone.

I've come to know and respect a number of you in the last year and a half. This is the internet guys, and you all knew that when you started posting. So it should only sound moderately creepy if I say in some cases I even think of you as friends: Batz, McEnroeisanartist, Mustard, Towser come to mind, in no particular order.

Anyway I live in the UK, am studying for a PhD in Economics. My allegiance is to the guy with the elegant strokes. (As a greater man than I once said in a greater thread than I will ever create.) My first sporting passion in life was test cricket, but at various times I have also closely followed baseball and American football.

So yeah, that's that. See you guys around.

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Like your post especially the part in bold. Welcome aboard the Federer Warehouse. Love Fed, hate on Nads and you'll have a lot of friends here, trollolol